Lesson 11. Skills and qualifications. Past Perfect Tense.

Reading, watching, and discussing

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/hard-skills-vs-soft-skills

Grammar

Time markers

if – если;

by – к;

hardly… when / no sooner…than – как только, едва, не успел я;

after – после;

earlier – ранее, before – до;

first – сперва;

when – когда;

just – только что;

already – уже;

yet – уже, еще не.

Practice

Choose the correct translation:

1. Я боялся, что моя жена уже узнала правду.

• I am afraid that my wife had already learnt the truth.
• I was afraid that my wife learnt the truth.
• I was afraid that my wife had already learnt the truth.

2. Ученики объяснили, что еще не решили в какой институт будут поступать.

• Pupils had explained that they hadn’t yet decided what Institute to enter.
• Pupils explained that they hadn’t yet decided what Institute to enter.
• Pupils explained that they had decided what Institute to enter.

3.Не успели мои родители выйти из дома, как начался дождь.

• No sooner had my parents left the house, than it began raining.
• No sooner my parents left the house, than it began raining.
• No sooner my parents had left the house, than it began raining.

4.Я вернулся домой, вошел в свою комнату и включил телевизор.

• I had returned at home, had entered my room and had switched on the TV-set.
• I returned at home, entered my room and switched on the TV-set.
• I were at home, entered my room and switched on the TV-set.

5.Когда она пришла в этот магазин, он был уже закрыт.

• When she had come to the shop, it was closed.
• When she had come to the shop, it hadn’t closed.
• When she came to the shop, it had already closed.

Homework

Here`s a resume of Max Hunt.

a) Read the resume and decide if the person fits in for the job.

b) Translate Summary and Highlights.

c) Look at the person skills and categorize them as soft skills and hard skills

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